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1919 George V silver halfcrown stamped SINN FÉIN FOR EVER
Interesting counterstamped coin from the War of Independence. Scarce.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
282
1919-21 West Limerick Brigade IRA, Brigade Tactical Map.
A half-inch to one mile, 1913 Ordnance Survey Road Map of Limerick,
Ennis & Listowel marked in red and black ink with Battalion boundaries,
Company boundaries, Company HQ’s, ambush positions. Hand written key
inscribed to bottom left hand corner and headed “Index”. Inscribed “West
Limerick” in pencil to front cover and “Brigade Coy Maps” in pencil to
back cover.
€
700-
€
1,000 (£560-£800 approx)
283
1919 (23 April) letter of passage issued to Sligo schoolboys by RIC.
Issued by Sergeant J Kane at Sligo Barracks for Master John Noone and
his cousin Master J Brently requesting that they be allowed travel freely
to school at Limerick. “Mr Noone is one of the most loyal men in Sligo”.
With original envelope.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
284
1919 (2 December ) Internment Order and 1920 (11 July) 1920 Charge
Sheet, both relating to men in Co. Tipperary.
1919 (2 December ) Internment Order carbon copy of typescript issued
for John Ryan of Drombane, by order of Ian McPherson, Chief Secretary,
Dublin Castle; 1920 (11 July) 1920 Charge Sheet to John McGrath of
Newport for “soliciting a soldier (Private E. Waller, 1st Machine Gun
Corps) to sell ammunition”, original typescript 3pp foolscap, signed by E.
French, Colonel Commanding 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment and EK
Strickland, Major-General Commanding 6th Division, with interesting
statements from two soldiers detailing the alleged offence. (2)
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
285
1920-1922 Irish - South African Republican Journal
The Republic: The Official Organ of the Irish Republican Association of
South Africa. Vol. I, No. 1 to Vol. II No. 38. Bound, Green cloth gilt.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
286
1920 (27 July) statement of Thomas Hales of Bandon, relating his
torture by British military officers.
6pp typed statement inscribed “For Mac”, giving details of Irish
volunteer’s capture, detention and torture. Also 2pp typed statement by
the “commandant of the Auxiliary Division RIC” relating to the looting of
the mails by Auxiliaries in County Kilkenny. (2)
Thomas “Tom” Hales (5 March 1892 – 29 April 1966) was an Irish Republican Army
(IRA) volunteer and politician from West Cork. He was a friend of Michael Collins.
Born at Knocknacurra, Ballinadee, near Bandon on a family farm owned by his
father Robert who was an activist in the Land War and a reputed member of the
Fenian Brotherhood. Tom Hales and his brothers, Seán, Bob and William, fought with
the IRA in west Cork during the Irish War of Independence. A fifth brother, Donal,
settled in Genoa from 1913, was appointed Irish Consular and Commercial Agent for
Italy in February 1919. During the War, Tom was captured by the British Army in
Cork and was badly beaten and tortured in an effort to make him disclose the
whereabouts of prominent IRA figures, including Michael Collins. He never broke,
though his co-accused, Patrick Harte suffered brain damage and died in hospital
insane. The torture of Hales and Harte is believed to have influenced a scene in the
film The Wind That Shakes the Barley in which an IRA officer’s fingernails are pulled
out.
During the Irish Civil War the Hales brothers fought on opposite sides. Tom Hales
commanded the Flying Column which attacked the Free State Army convoy at Béal
na Bláth which resulted in the death of his friend, Michael Collins. Allegedly Toms
children are aware who fired the fatal bullet that killed Michael Collins but have
never revealed his identity.
Hales was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Cork West constituency
at the 1933 general election, but failed to retain his seat as an independent
candidate at the 1937 general election, and later contested elections unsuccessfully
as an independent and as a member of Clann na Poblachta.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
287
1920 Wormwood Scrubs, Prison autograph album
An autograph album commenced 30 March 1920 by Eamonn Stack,
lieutenant, 4th Battalion, 1st Cork Brigade. Includes the autograph of
William T. Cosgrave. The album begins at the end of a hunger strike and
concludes more than a week into a second. Entries mainly by Cork
prisoners, also Tipperary, Clare, Dublin and Belfast.
€
700-
€
1,000 (£560-£800 approx)
288
1920 Sinn Féin membership card
Issued to a Galway Cumann member.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
289
1920 Vice-Regal Lodge letter requiring a report
A one-page letter from Asst. Private Secretary E. M. Conlon to James
Roche, Esq., R. M., Belfast, requesting a report on “the state of your
District for His Excellency’s information”.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
290
1920 (6 August) Defence of The Realm Orders by Henry Wilson against
Archbishop Mannix
Single page carbon copy of typed order prohibiting Archbishop Mannix
(of Melbourne, Australia) from entering Ireland, and a similar order
prohibiting him from entering Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester, the
latter with manuscript inscription “Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson”, also
two carbon copies of blank orders, and typescript of Lord Chief Justice
ruling on the application of the Defence of The Realm Act in mainland
Britain. (4)
€
150-
€
250 (£120-£200 approx)
291
1920s Kevin Barry, patriotic allegorical portrait.
Died for Ireland Nov. 1st 1920. Barry in a football jersey, flanked by
Tricolours, with rifle bayonets and a Volunteer cap, over a harp and
wolfhound, with the bannered words “Dia trócaire ar a n-anam” (“May
God have mercy on their souls”). Oil on paper laid on canvas, the central
portrait painted over a printed image. Unsigned, undated, c1920. Framed.
20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£240-£400 approx)
292
1921-1924 Autographs of nationalist leaders
An autograph album containing the signatures of Constance Markievicz,
Margaret Pearse, Éamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Austin Stack, Piaras
Beasley, Cathal Brugha, et al. In custom made presentation case. 3½ x
4½in. (8.89 x 11.43cm)
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
293
18 December 1920 Proclamation by Military Governor of Kerry, use of
I.R.A. hostages in movements of crown troops.
“Proclamation No. 1 - by - Brig. Genl. H. R. Cumming, D.S.O., -
Commanding Kerry Infantry Brigade - Military Governor. - Take Notice.
Owing to treacherous attacks - by armed civilians on military and police
convoys - proceeding by road; on and after MONDAY next, - DECEMBER
20th, 1920, I.R.A. officers or leaders - at present in military custody, will
be sent as - HOSTAGES with all transport moving armed Forces of the
Crown and proceeding by road in the - areas proclaimed to be under
martial law. - Signed this 18th day of December, 1920. - H. R. Cumming,
Brig. Genl. - Comdg. Kerry Infantry Brigade.” Framed. 17 x 11in. (43.18 x
27.94cm)
€
800-
€
1,000 (£640-£800 approx)